62: My face blindness, memory loss...and Memento: Thomas Leeds

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🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Thomas Leeds was hit by a car when he was 20, flipping over its roof, crushing the vehicle and landing on his head. Remarkably, he had few physical signs of trauma, so was released from hospital, before being taken back in later to remove a blood clot on his brain. On his return home, he found he didn’t recognise home, or the people around him who were apparently his family. In fact, he’d pretty much lost all memory of anything from before the accident. Moreover, he developed face blindness, meaning he is unable to tell people apart from their faces. Sign up for the 21-min bonus part: patreon.com/andrewgold Apple Subscriptions YouTube Memberships Get discounts with my promo code: expressvpn.com/edge masterclass.com/edge Thomas Leeds Links: https://twitter.com/thomasleeds https://www.instagram.com/thomasleedsbooks Andrew Gold Links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com http://medium.com/@andrewgold1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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